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Finance income and expenses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Finance income and expenses |
Schedule of finance income and expenses |
| Years ended December 31,
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015
Interest on cash equivalents | 5 | 1 | 20
Gains on other short-term investments | 121 | 61 | 169
Gains on investments (Argentine companies notes and Governments bonds) | 979 | 287 | 432
Interest on receivables | 763 | 373 | 183
Foreign currency exchange gains | 1,217 | 273 | 316
TUVES share purchase option | - | 11 | 9
Other | 30 | - | 1
Total finance income | 3,115 | 1,006 | 1,130
Interest on loans | (928) | (1,613) | (566)
Interest on salaries and social security payable, other taxes payables and accounts payable | (49) | (37) | (26)
Interest on provisions (Note 17) | (320) | (207) | (137)
Loss on discounting of salaries and social security payables, other taxes payable and other liabilities | (6) | (15) | (9)
Foreign currency exchange losses (*) | (2,224) | (1,328) | (1,456)
TUVES share purchase option | (24) | - | -
Interest on pension benefits (Note 16) | (47) | (38) | (28)
Other | (3) | (12) | (10)
Total finance expenses | (3,601) | (3,250) | (2,232)
Total finance income, net | (486) | (2,244) | (1,102)
(*) Includes 40, 5 and 432 of foreign currency exchange gains (losses), net generated by NDF for the years ended on December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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